A new Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report shows the county has been slow to inform and engage the public about ways to reach state mandated ...

When giant red rectangles first began appearing in truncated sections along Highway 1, their purpose was likely somewhat mysterious to the average passerby. Then, in recent weeks, a glimpse of clarity ...

When the Pajaro Valley Unified School District bestowed its first California State Seal of Civic Engagement honors in 2023, it did so in a small ceremony during a school board meeting with only three ...

Arizona and its chief auditor hit back at Santa Cruz County in a legal filing accusing officials of negligence and other wrongdoing after a former county official embezzled roughly $38 million in ...

A possible shake-up could be coming to fire services in Santa Cruz County. Local agencies are ... Commission.This agreement would make their partnership official, moving the study one step closer ...

April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the official launch of West Coast Community Bank (WCCB), the new brand name for Santa Cruz County Bank and its 1st Capital Bank division after a merger ...

Santa Cruz County leaders gave the official go-ahead for on-site cannabis consumption at retail lounges while approving the first step for a similar policy at local farms. By way of a split 3-2 ...

The 32-mile Santa ... Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, one member each from the Watsonville, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley and Capitola city councils, three members appointed by the Santa Cruz ...

WATSONVILLE — Recent testing of South Santa Cruz County soils, water and plant material ... before dissipating Wednesday morning. An official with the EPA announced Wednesday that air monitoring ...

For coyotes, that meal is a blubbery seal pup, according to a new study led by UC Santa Cruz scientists. A paper published on ... Coyote hunting for harbor seal pups in Bolinas Lagoon in Marin County ...

The bald eagle is emblematic of America and on coins, bills and is on the Great Seal of the United States ... from thousands of miles away. The UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group used ...

The area that failed the wharf and came down "was an active construction site and was closed at the time," a city official said ... that was related to the Santa Cruz County wharf collapse.